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Every year the MATE Center (Marine Advanced Technology Center), opens its doors to hundreds of elementary, middle, high, and college schools worldwide to compete in an underwater robotics competition. Employing lessons in science, technology, engineering, and math, a unique mission, designed to support relevant marine science needs, is proposed for students to solve. Student teams are required to design, build, test, rebuild, and retest a robot to complete specific tasks.

The robotics team of the Montessori Learning Center on Hitchcock Road, Salinas, attended the MATE Center's ...